Dr. Em and Princess WeeWee are sisters raised by a pair of free spirited hippies. One sister rebelled to become a world renowned psychiatrist; specializing in phobias. The other sister embraced the possibility of ideals and became an award winning artist. Both sisters hold a very low tolerance for idiocy and work in their own way to address and combat the common sense challenged. These pages chronicle their adventures and observations.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Just Like When I Was A Kid But With Booze

We're back!!!! I am so not ready to be back in civilization, a week in the woods with all the cousins is just not enough!

When we were kids we'd spend three to six weeks every summer at the lake! Our grandparents (G & G) had a huge house on the south shore of Lake Superior, nestled in the woods on a dead end dirt road with rickety stairs down to the lake. A few years ago G & G sold the house and moved down to the city.

But we cousins still trek up to Port Wing once a year to recreate some of our favorite childhood memories. This year was no exception, it was like we were kids again except with booze!

Here's a taste of the fun we have up north....

As kids we stayed at G & G's house scattered about with sleeping bags in various guest room and lofts. Yes, my grandparents had more than one loft....

As adults the six cousins, plus two spouses, stayed in 4 newly remodeled cabins by the marina.

Kids: We worked up a sweat in the outdoor sauna then ran as fast as we could through the woods and jumped off a cliff in to the freezing waters of Lake Superior. Then did it 12 more times.

Adults: We worked up a sweat in the indoor sauna then one of us ran as fast as they could through the club house and grabbed another round of cold beers.

Kids: We sat around the campfire roasting marshmallows and telling scary stories about men with hooks for hands and midnight callers in the house.

Adults: We sat around the campfire drinking wine and telling scary stories about men with their hooks in our retirement funds and midnight callers looking for that student loan you paid off 20 years ago.

Kids: We used the golf cart to play hitchhiker and drive to the beach down the road.

Adults: We used the golf cart to play golf and drive to the beach down the road when we were too drunk to drive cars.

Kids: We went mud bogging with the four-wheelers.

Adults:
You bet we did that! and by we I mean me, 2 cousins and a spouse. Dr Em
and the rest of you who stayed at the marina...you're LAME!

Kids: We made up elaborate plays and concerts, complete with sets and costumes then made all the adults sit and watch the production.

Adults: We tried to remember those plays and concerts then made the two unfortunate spouses sit and watch our half remembered adaptation.

Kids: We packed picnics and went exploring in the woods. Imagining how the train caboose got there, what might have been kept in the random collapsing barn sitting all by itself and who lived in the dome house.

Adults: We packed wine to go and went exploring in the woods. Still trying to figure out how the train caboose got there, what might have been kept in
the random collapsing barn sitting all by itself and who lived in the
dome house.

Kids: We laid in the grass watching the stars, talking about who we were going to be when we grew up and making wishes on every shooting star.

Adults: We laid in Adirondack chairs watching the stars, talking about who we were as kids and saw more shooting stars to make wishes on with every martini.